Somebody Wants a Pick for Something!

Turns out the Bruins did want the 7th overall included with Kaberle in the package for Kessel. In other news, Brian Burke is not JFJ.

Deal is off...

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Again, thank the lord JFJ is not GM here anymore.

And what the hell is Boston thinking? When did they suffer this massive head trauma? Nobody sane makes that deal. Nobody.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 5:56 PM EDT reply actions

Perhaps they thought we were higher on Kessel than we actually are? Who knows…

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by Mattblack on Jun 26, 2009 5:59 PM EDT up reply actions

i’d do it for Kabby and a second round pick, but not out first rounder…

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by blurr1974 on Jun 26, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Chiarelli used to work for the Sens, yes? Perhaps this is proof that no matter how hard you try, you can’t get that Sens funk out of you once it has taken hold. Warrants mentioning.

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by stucky on Jun 26, 2009 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I can’t believe that’s what Boston was seriously expecting as a return for Kessel. Crazy planet!

by dare_ on Jun 26, 2009 5:59 PM EDT reply actions

Maybe if Kessel was signed to a long-term affordable deal. But for an RFA who’s looking for $4M, that’s crazy.

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by mf37 on Jun 26, 2009 6:02 PM EDT reply actions

Exactly. But he’s an RFA who wants tonnes of money. No way.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Perhaps. But a 21 year old who just scored 36 goals, while missing 11 games PLUS a draft pick for Kaberle seems like a steal for the Leafs.

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by bkblades on Jun 26, 2009 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

For a lower draft pick? Sure. Not for the 7th pick in a good draft.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions

Oh, the Kaberle plus 7th is too much. But the other proposed/misunderstood deal was Kessel + Boston draft pick (either their first, 3rd or next year’s first) for Kaberle clearly favoured the Leafs.

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by bkblades on Jun 26, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t mean to sound like a broken record, but Kessel had a season with a nearly 16% shooting percentage. That’s a total outlier. If he shoots at his usual (and more leage average-ish) 11% he’s a 25 goal man.

I really don’t think that shooting rate is remotely sustainable.

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by mf37 on Jun 26, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Jeff Carter

If you don't like your job, you don't strike! You just go in every day, and do it really half assed. That's the American way. - Homer
The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jun 26, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Probably not, since it is extraordinarily high. But Kessel is 21 years old. 21.

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by bkblades on Jun 26, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

He may be 21, I’m just having a hard time predicting his ceiling. Is he going to be a consistent 35+ goal man, or will he revert back to 20 to 25 goals?

I just found out he had off-season shoulder surgery to repair a rotator cuff and torn labrum. Who knows what the implications of that are and how durable he is.

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by mf37 on Jun 26, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t know, I think I prefer Kessell to a lot of players being bandied about right now. Maybe even over Cammalleri. The upside is still prevalent and he’s established. However, Kessel is from all accounts, a shy individual, so his transition to Toronto and its intense media glare probably wouldn’t be so smooth.

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by bkblades on Jun 26, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

The Sportsnet draft panel is Kypreos, Doug MacLean and Brian Lawton. Their combined IQ might break triple digits. Maybe.

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by mf37 on Jun 26, 2009 6:03 PM EDT reply actions

I think you’re being a touch generous. I know they’ll break double digits, but that’s only because the three of them are combined. That’s a lot of stupidity on one panel.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions

They made triple digits, but then realized they’d confused addition with multiplication.

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by Mattblack on Jun 26, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Heh. Well played.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Brian Lawton is on the panel? So after he ~~screws up~~ makes the pick for Tampa Bay, he’s hustling over to join the Sportsnet panel? That would be all kinds of stupid.

As for the other 2 clowns, the less said the better.

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by stucky on Jun 26, 2009 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions

And they thought that would get our two best assests for one player….why?

by Clawson on Jun 26, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions

Because they are crazy. That’s the only explanation.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m thinking the answer is Raycroft for Rask.

by Clawson on Jun 26, 2009 6:17 PM EDT up reply actions

If we were playing in a quiz show, you’d now have to sit out the next two rounds for mentioning that.

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by Mattblack on Jun 26, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

But that was with a moron as GM. We now have someone who isn’t a moron as GM.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:18 PM EDT up reply actions

And thanks soooo much for bringing that up again. Back to therapy I go….

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey Boston

When you are trading a guy because he wants a big raise and said raise would put you in cap trouble, you do not have leverage.

by My Poor Friend Me on Jun 26, 2009 6:21 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Word.

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by Mabel on Jun 26, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe they thought a big bowl of chowdah was going to get Burke all sleepy and lucid.

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by bkblades on Jun 26, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Sleepy and Lucic? No? Shame.

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by Mattblack on Jun 26, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Mmm, good thing I’m not GM because that would definitely work on me.

There are way too many fanposts up now, I am so confused.

by Its Cold In Here on Jun 26, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Draft Thread up at 6:30

We’re in the midst of setting up the mother of all draft day threads. It will go live at 6:30. Follow the bread crumbs…

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by mf37 on Jun 26, 2009 6:27 PM EDT reply actions

bread crumbs are early...

http://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2009/6/26/926714/the-science-of-drafting
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The Left Coast Lock

by blurr1974 on Jun 26, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions